Within 10 minutes the Mission NS-31 started and returned to Earth. The mission was managed by Blue Origin, the space company launched by Jeff Bezos. The crew was made up of women only: among the new astronauts also Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez, Journalist, pilot and girlfriend of Jeff Bezos.
As per practice, the New Shepard spatial mission Blue Origin lasted a handful of minutes. There Mission NS-31 He started from Texas to overcome the Kármán linethat line set to 100 km altitude which delimits the border between our atmosphere and space.
The mission started on time and brought to space Six women. Now officially astronauts. In the crew there were also Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchezjournalist, pilot and girlfriend of Jeff Bezos and again Gayle Kingtelevision journalist.
How the Blue Origin mission was organized
Blue Origin is theAerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos. The New Shepard project is mainly linked to a tourist purpose. The members of his crew remain right A few minutes in space before returning to the ground. From a scientific point of view, the interest is minimal. And in fact the company tries to compensate with finds with a high media impact.
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The mission takes place in Two phases. The booster brings the spacecraft upwards and then returns to the ground after a few minutes. Specifically in this mission it returned to the ground in a controlled way after about 7:30 minutes from the start. The spacecraft where the astronauts were present touched the ground a 10 minutes from the launch. The descent was slowed down thanks to a system created with three parachutes. In short, for now more than a new Shepard spatial mission is above all a expensive tourist journey.
Blue Origin | Blue Origin’s spacecraft when she returned to Earth
Jeff Bezos opens Blue Origin’s spacecraft
The arrival on the land of the spacecraft has become a media occasion. Jeff Bezos together with a group of spectators He reached the spacecraft and personally opened the spaceship. First she came out Lauren Sánchez, then Katy Perry and then all the other neo -intentions. At this point Lauren Sánchez granted himself to the direct from Blue Origin accounts. Only on x his arrival was followed live by beyond 500,000 spectators. The debut of the New Shepard missions had been baptized by Jeff Bezos himself who had flew aboard the rocket as early as July 2021.
Blue Origin | The rocket before departure
